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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Hello Nils
I agree, its very satifying when the planks nest well, recourse to filler is avoided and the sanding enhances the finish. In this build all this effort will be lost under the 2nd planks - but the pleasure is knowing what lies beneath.
Regards
Keith
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Nirvana reacted to Mirabell61 in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Keith,
that`s the way I like models being built, beautiful lines, excellent handcraft work and clean planking......
very well done !
Nils
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Praying for Rain!
Its been some time since my last post. My dear daughter purchased a flat in London in a property built in 1880. It needs a degree of refurbishment and I have been appointed to the post of chief joiner/painter. With that and the garden bursting into spring life I have had little time for my favourite pastime. However today I was at home and thankfully it rained so the yacht took a minor step forward.
I needed to mahogany plank the inside of the bulwarks to represent the detail of the original. See photo
I cut the planks 12"x0.2"x.032" on the circular saw using a .032 thick zero kerf slitting saw blade. The finish was almost polished!
I needed 10 planks to complete the whole process.
I used paper to create the template for the stern.
Having had my modelling fix I now return to house refurbishment - yawn!!!!
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Hello Keith
Cutting of frames is are much easier if you have a scroll saw. I think I will buy one before doing the job again.
Hi Pete / IMack - thanks for the positive comments. I think the build will go slowly for a while - house decorations are moving up the agenda and can only be put off for so long.
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Nirvana reacted to pete48 in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Nice work Kieth, Looks fantastic
Best Regards,
Pete
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Nirvana reacted to iMack in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Beautiful build. You have such clean and neat work. I especially like that propeller metalwork.
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Nirvana reacted to Keith Simmons in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Hi Keith, Thanks for the detailed look at how you cut out your frames, makes me less apprehensive about designing and cutting my next ship...
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Nirvana reacted to kees de mol in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Wow I like the wooden deck. Very well done
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Bulwarks continued.
It feels like I am taking a long time over this. Accurately shaping the 6 bulwark pieces took a lot of time but now it is done.
The the middle of the 3 layers went on first and fortunately it went on well.
The inner layer went on next - thus creating the first sculpture line on the hull.
The bow where the bow sprit passes through is very heavily built on Altair and I wanted to reproduce this on the model.
The transom also has a fairly subtle shape which I will try to reproduce.
But first I needed to get the stern bulwark in place.
And that is how far I have got at present.
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Bulwarks!!
So I finally got round to making a start on the Bulwarks. From earlier posts it is apparent that I was approaching this with some trepidation. The sculpturing of the hull on the outside of the bulwarks (see photo) is something I have not done before and I tend to explore options in my head for weeks before attempting something like this. In the end I have to get on with it before I go mad.
I had done a bit of preplanning in that I had left the upper edge of the hull un-planked so that the recess could take the lower edge of the bulwark.
To create the sculpturing the bulwark is going to be laid up in 3 layers of .032 inch ply. The middle of the 3 layers is going on first and fits in the un-planked recess. This middle layer will form the upper sculptured line and the outer layer the lower sculptured line. A bit difficult to explain but I'm sure it will become clear as I work through the process over the coming days.
Anyway the starting operation was to make up a cardboard template to get an accurate representation of the hull recess.
The shape of the bulwark pieces is quite complex and it took a lot of assembling, removing, sanding etc etc before I was happy with the shape. After the best part of a days work I now have 2 parts almost complete and temporarily pinned in place.
Only 4 more pieces to go.
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Nirvana reacted to mtaylor in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Wonderful metalwork, Keith.
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Nirvana reacted to pete48 in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Beautiful work Keith, It looks Amazing
Best Regards,
Pete
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
I'm still watching varnish dry. The second and third coats have gone on and each dried in 10 hours. The 24 hours drying of the first coat must have had something to do with absorption of the varnish into the wood. Anyway it gave me time to finish off the prop shaft. I still have to make the "A" frame for supporting the rear bearing.
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Thanks Mark,
I used to do naps but Maisie is only 10 months and like your dog has banned all restful activity.
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Nirvana reacted to mtaylor in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
A beautiful prop there, Keith. Nice work, indeed. Nothing wrong with watching paint/varnish dry. I do it early then read MSW and sometimes take a nap... although naps lately have been impossible due to dog seeing me doze off decides suddenly that it's play time.
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Today I had to find something to amuse myself as watching varnish dry isn't a very stimuating pass time (it has dried finally after 24 hours).
I thought I would have a go at making the propeller. I have not made one before and the fall back option was going to be to buy one. I don't however like buying fittings as it always feels like cheating.
This is what I did.
Firstly to make the blades I cut 3 identical strips of brass .040 inch thick. The 3 strips were fastened together using double sided tape as I intended cutting out all 3 blades at the same time. A paper template was fastened to the brass strips again using double sided tape . Confidence / experiences was low so I marked out 6 blades. The pin in one of the photo's gives an idea of scale.
I din't need the reserve set of 3 blades as the first lot turned out ok. The small peg at the bottom of each blade was to locate / fasten them in the hub.
The hub was turned on the lathe and 3 equi-spaced holes were drilled around the circumference to take the pegs on the blade. Each blade was given a slight curvature by bending it around a bar - using the vice to apply the pressure. The whole lot was then assembled and soldered together.
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Nirvana reacted to pete48 in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Hi Mark, I have been using Epifanes varnish with good success ( it does take about 10 hours in between coats )
Best Regards,
Pete
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Thanks Mark - I'll try wipe on poly on the hull.
Hello Bedford - As you say it may be the wood. If I left the deck untreated I be constantly annoyed with family and friends when they pawed it. Hopefully the miniature crews deck boots will cope!
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Nirvana reacted to Bedford in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
I have noticed that some types of timber seem to make the varnish take longer to dry.
On a side note, I varnish my decks too but in reality we should leave them bare if we want to be accurate.
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Nirvana reacted to mtaylor in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Keith,
I've been using Wipe-on-Poly lately but in the past I used spray on. I've not tried any of shellacs or varnishes.
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Mark / Pete - thank you. The deck varnish is still tacky some 18 hours after application so I don't think I am going to be making much progress today. Modern oil based varnishes don't seem to dry as quickly as they seemed to when I was younger. I keep thinking I should try water based varnishes which claim to dry much quicker. I wonder what you all use?
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Nirvana reacted to pete48 in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Hi Keith, I could not agree more with everyone, Beautiful deck
Best Regards,
Pete
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Nirvana reacted to mtaylor in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
What an astounding looking deck, Keith. I think you've captured a big part of the beauty of these boats.
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Nirvana reacted to KeithAug in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Thank you Michael and Michael. As I explained the deck planking isn't exactly to scale - I find it difficult to achieve this at 1:32 scale but I still need to get comfortable with the compromise. May be I will have to move to larger scales at some time.
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Nirvana reacted to michaelpsutton2 in Altair 1931 by KeithAug - FINISHED - Scale 1:32 - schooner
Very nice work
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